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style="text-align: justify;">You’ve probably heard by now how NASA is going to focus more on deep space exploration, both manned and robotic, leaving the low-Earth orbit and suborbital realms to commercial companies, a major change. There is, however, an opportunity for public input for deep space exploration as well, thanks to
href="http://blog.al.com/space-news/2011/10/got_an_idea_for_deep_space_tra.html" target="_blank">a new initiative for competitive ideas from universities, students, companies and government agencies. This means that you may have a chance to forward your proposals to help solve the problems that will need to be resolved in the coming years…
style="text-align: justify;">See
href="http://www.universetoday.com/90368/do-you-have-ideas-for-deep-space-travel-nasa-wants-to-hear-from-you" target="_blank">Universe Today for the full article.
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